FAMILY PICTURE

WE TOOK THIS PICTURE UP IN ISLAND PARK THIS LAST WEEKEND. THE LEAVES WERE BEAUTIFUL ALL CHANGING COLORS. FALL IS SUCH A PRETTY TIME.

Thanks Zachary!

We enjoyed the farewell so much! It is great to have a good example for my boys. After the farewell my 9-year-old was asking me all kinds of questions about missions and wondering where he will go and what it will be like. He said we needed a picture so we wouldn't forget what Zachary looks like while he's gone. It was great to see everyone. We're glad we could make it!

Hello Hello....

I posted a bunch of pictures on my blog. www.joshandjennin.blogspot.com I thought of reposting them on here, but it would be easier just to have you check them out by clicking on the link. Hope everyone is well and happy and busy, and not just bored of the blog. :)

Robert and Lynnae blessed thier newest baby this past weekend. We had a great time having almost everyone together. We are looking forward to another get together in a couple weeks for Zach's farewell!

The Burrito Bunch(meza's)

I guess since no one has posted anything for a while, I thought I'd take my turn(finally) and post pics of my little people.
This lovely little princess once told me she wanted to be a ballerina and a grocery shopper. Whatever this 5 year old does end up doing you can bet she'll be in charge!! She is always making lists and giving them to me and telling me to get started. She really keeps me on my toes. Currently(yesterday), she opened her very own "sticker shop" . Her dad and I and one of my piano students were her first customers. She laid out all her stickers(about 12) and made a sign that said "The Sticker Shop". This little lady loves playing with her brothers, drawing and painting, playing barbies, polly's, pets shops, and has currently learned to swim underwater. When told she was "such a good girl", she said "I know I am!"


This is a future scientist of America. He is 11 years old. He always has a question he's trying to find the answer to. He wants to be a chef someday and open a breakfast-only restaurant with his cousin. This crazy boy is currently reading the 'Warriors' series and loves reading his National Geographic kids magazine. He loves watching movies, especially with his Dad. He likes playing with his siblings, eating, cooking, playing video games, riding his bike, climbing trees, swimming, READing (alot), hanging out with his friends, and talking so fast that you can't understand a word he is saying.
This wacky little 8 yr. old(almost 9) is going to be a future herpetologist. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is the study of amphibians and reptiles. His main focus, he claims, will be frogs. He has already raised 2 frogs from the tadpoles stage and released them into the ponds near our home. This young man has collected over 10 stuffed/toy frogs and is currently into his 3rd book about frogs and toads. Doing puzzles, mazes, and the like are some things he enjoys doing. He also likes playing with his brother and sister on the trampoline, playing legos, climbing trees, swimming, riding his bike, and talking in a high pitch voice so loud that it can be heard for miles.





Thanks to all of you for all your posts and comments on this blog and your own blogs. I enjoy reading them all and check them frequently. What a great and simple way to keep in touch with family.

Hi everyone! Now that school has started I thought it would be a good time to introduce you to all of my kids. I'm like Jenni though and I'm not going to give you their names. Sorry! This is Cutie(4) who really, really, really wants to go to school but for now he goes to Mom's Preschool at our kitchen table. Next year he'll be in kindergarten.

Here's Superstar(almost 8). He's in 2nd grade. A couple of months ago he had some blood drawn for a test and he was told he was as brave as a super hero. Ever since then he has adopted the identity of Superstar the super hero.

This is Silly Guy(9). He just started 4th grade. He really is a silly guy, always trying to trick someone. He always wants to be at the center of all the action(although he's very very shy!)

Here's Sonny Pie(15) who we are so glad to report has returned home to us after spending the summer at Camp Loll as a merit badge teacher. He's not sure he's glad to come home. He'd rather have us come live at Camp Loll with him. He's a sophomore this year which will keep him really busy with choir, band(percussion), swim team and drama, as well as all the not so fun stuff that he's required to do.

And last but certainly not least is Juice(17) who is a senior----can you believe it? Wasn't it only about a week ago that I was a senior? She is even more busy with orchestra, swim team, lots of clubs and friends. (She took this picture herself! I'm amazed.) She really keeps us on our toes as parents!

So there you have it. We're very proud of all of them and often wonder how we got here. We don't feel old enough to be where we are right now!

i hope no one is lost!

Hi everyone. Seems like there's been a lul on the blog, so I'll fill it up.

There's really not a lot to report. We've just finished the first week of school-- John taking classes and me, TRYING to make faculty happy with late requests to update their online courses.

I'm actually quite proud of my last two projects, and wish I could show you the work I've done on them. Fitness for Life, and Foundations of Nutrition both got new text books this summer, so they also got a website make over. Not only did we revamp the content, but I've learned a new way to lay it out that makes it flow a little bit better (I hope) and a new way to put images in a background to make the interface a little more friendly, and energizing. They were HUGE projects... I got the Fitness for Life course done in about 3 weeks, but the Nutrition course didn't get done until the second day of school. My favorite motto at this time of year is..

"There are No Educational Emergencies"

Students will NOT die if their coursework is not available on the first day of class. There's plenty of time to make it up, or adjust things to be the way they need to be.
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John finished up his summer math class with a B+. He wanted his A sooooo badly, but I'd say that a B+ on a condensed summer course is nothing to turn our noses up on. He's taking 15 credits this semester, including General Chem, General Biology, Trigonometry, Intro to Writing, and labs for the two science courses. Our home as been a beehive of activity as he gets organized and settled into a homework routine. It is satisfying some of my "back to school" jealousy as I listen to him do his homework and help him get all of his school supplies in order.

I'm very proud of him and his dedication to his school work... only six more years!! :D

I hope all is well with everyone, and that you are just as busy as we are living and loving life! We are excited for all of the happenings coming up-- Zach's mission farewell, Peter's Baby blessing, etc. etc....

love to all!!

Becca and John

Visitor's Center at Salt Lake Temple

This last Saturday, Kiara and I got to go to Salt Lake with a bunch of the girls in Eric's family - we get together usually once a year and do some shopping and whatever else sounds fun. Anyway, Saturday, we met at Temple Square and went to the visitor's center - Kiara has never been there and I haven't been there for many years. Anyway, for those of you who haven't been there for a few years, you need to go. They have a little video segment on the Proclamation to the Family and you move from room to room and each room is decorated to portrait that part of the video, starting from birth till death, it is soooo amazingly awesome. It only lasted about 20 minutes, so the video clips in each room are about 3-4 minutes long. I found it amazing that something so short can affect a person so deeply. You find yourself pretty much getting tears with every segment. I'm not usually a very emotional person (maybe the older we get the more we cry). But it was very touching and absolutely wonderful. I'm sure everybody out there has seen it, but if you haven't, you really must take a few minutes to go there and enjoy it. It definitely started our day out on the right foot!!